Accession number
PML 129711-12
Published
London [England] : Printed for Harrison and Co. No. 18, Paternoster Row, M DCC LXXXIV.-M DCC LXXXV. [1784-1785]
Credit line
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in honor of Marianne and Paul Gourary, 2006.
Notes
With the second version of "Temple of Mirth" (cf. Blake Books, pages 634-5).
Editor and contributor to no. 1-4: Thomas Holcroft. Cf. NCBEL.
With title page vignette.
Plates in first five numbers engraved by William Blake, the first after Thomas Stothard, the others after Samuel Collings.
Colling's "Gilpin going farther than he intended," engraved by Smith, may be the earliest image of that famous poem.
Includes several series of essays: The Story-teller, no. 1-5 (Jan.-May 1784); The Town-talker, no. 1-3 (Feb.-Apr. 1784); The Night-walker, no. 1-8 (July 1784-Mar. 1785); The Traveller, no. 1-4 (Jan.-Apr. 1785).
Editor and contributor to no. 1-4: Thomas Holcroft. Cf. NCBEL.
With title page vignette.
Plates in first five numbers engraved by William Blake, the first after Thomas Stothard, the others after Samuel Collings.
Colling's "Gilpin going farther than he intended," engraved by Smith, may be the earliest image of that famous poem.
Includes several series of essays: The Story-teller, no. 1-5 (Jan.-May 1784); The Town-talker, no. 1-3 (Feb.-Apr. 1784); The Night-walker, no. 1-8 (July 1784-Mar. 1785); The Traveller, no. 1-4 (Jan.-Apr. 1785).
Description
2 v., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Provenance
John Croft Deverell (armorial bookplate); from the Charles Ryskamp Collection.
Binding
Polished calf; gilt.
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